Finally I broke down and upgraded to Excel 2003 from Excel97. Various small
differences exist that I'm trying to come to terms with. Specifically, in
'97 when I clicked on "File", the bottom of the menu would have the last 10
files that I had used where I could click one to open it again.

Does 2003 have this feature buried in it's configuration somewhere? It
seems that I have to click FileOpen and mouse through all my files to get
to the one that I want. I don't see the configuration control for this
where it was with '97.

Also, how does one get to the simple Excel Help file now? When I click on
it and enter a search term it gives me a zillion things from the web which I
didn't ask for - what I asked for was the local Excel Help file. I'd like
to start there with problems before doing a wider search of the Microsoft's
web site for more esoteric links.

Thanks.

Bill

Hi Bill. Have you tried going to Tools - Options - General Tab and changing
the number of most recently used files from 4 to 10?
--
Sincerely, Michael Colvin


"Bill Martin" wrote:

Finally I broke down and upgraded to Excel 2003 from Excel97. Various small
differences exist that I'm trying to come to terms with. Specifically, in
'97 when I clicked on "File", the bottom of the menu would have the last 10
files that I had used where I could click one to open it again.

Does 2003 have this feature buried in it's configuration somewhere? It
seems that I have to click FileOpen and mouse through all my files to get
to the one that I want. I don't see the configuration control for this
where it was with '97.

Also, how does one get to the simple Excel Help file now? When I click on
it and enter a search term it gives me a zillion things from the web which I
didn't ask for - what I asked for was the local Excel Help file. I'd like
to start there with problems before doing a wider search of the Microsoft's
web site for more esoteric links.

Thanks.

Bill

That would have worked for me in '97 Michael. With 2003 though the option
is not available to me. The box you're supposed to check for "Recently used
file list:" is grayed out as is the box you'd use to adjust the number of
entries. I'm presuming that somewhere there is some bit of configuration
that has grayed out this option. I don't know where though. I just
installed Office 2003 out of the box with whatever defaults it chose to
make.

Bill
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"Michael" wrote in message
...
Hi Bill. Have you tried going to Tools - Options - General Tab and
changing
the number of most recently used files from 4 to 10?
--
Sincerely, Michael Colvin


"Bill Martin" wrote:

Finally I broke down and upgraded to Excel 2003 from Excel97. Various
small
differences exist that I'm trying to come to terms with. Specifically,
in
'97 when I clicked on "File", the bottom of the menu would have the last
10
files that I had used where I could click one to open it again.

Does 2003 have this feature buried in it's configuration somewhere? It
seems that I have to click FileOpen and mouse through all my files to
get
to the one that I want. I don't see the configuration control for this
where it was with '97.

Also, how does one get to the simple Excel Help file now? When I click
on
it and enter a search term it gives me a zillion things from the web
which I
didn't ask for - what I asked for was the local Excel Help file. I'd
like
to start there with problems before doing a wider search of the
Microsoft's
web site for more esoteric links.

Thanks.

Bill

And maybe...

OFFXP: "Most Recently Used" List Missing from File Menu and "Recently Used
File List" Option Unavailable (Q284896)
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q284896

Any chance you just turned on TweakUI?

This was written for xl2002, but maybe....

Bill Martin wrote:

That would have worked for me in '97 Michael. With 2003 though the option
is not available to me. The box you're supposed to check for "Recently used
file list:" is grayed out as is the box you'd use to adjust the number of
entries. I'm presuming that somewhere there is some bit of configuration
that has grayed out this option. I don't know where though. I just
installed Office 2003 out of the box with whatever defaults it chose to
make.

Bill
-------------------------------------

"Michael" wrote in message
...
Hi Bill. Have you tried going to Tools - Options - General Tab and
changing
the number of most recently used files from 4 to 10?
--
Sincerely, Michael Colvin


"Bill Martin" wrote:

Finally I broke down and upgraded to Excel 2003 from Excel97. Various
small
differences exist that I'm trying to come to terms with. Specifically,
in
'97 when I clicked on "File", the bottom of the menu would have the last
10
files that I had used where I could click one to open it again.

Does 2003 have this feature buried in it's configuration somewhere? It
seems that I have to click FileOpen and mouse through all my files to
get
to the one that I want. I don't see the configuration control for this
where it was with '97.

Also, how does one get to the simple Excel Help file now? When I click
on
it and enter a search term it gives me a zillion things from the web
which I
didn't ask for - what I asked for was the local Excel Help file. I'd
like
to start there with problems before doing a wider search of the
Microsoft's
web site for more esoteric links.

Thanks.

Bill




--

Dave Peterson

That was it Dave - sort of. I do have TweakUI installed, but haven't
touched it in a year probably. And it's apparently an older version than
the Microsoft Support document you linked references because the relevant
box was somewhere totally different with a different name.

None-the-less, checking the box did indeed fix Excel. Evidently Excel97
just ignored that setting, but 2003 sat up and paid attention to it.

Thanks for your help.

Bill
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"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
And maybe...

OFFXP: "Most Recently Used" List Missing from File Menu and "Recently Used
File List" Option Unavailable (Q284896)
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q284896

Any chance you just turned on TweakUI?

This was written for xl2002, but maybe....

Bill Martin wrote:

That would have worked for me in '97 Michael. With 2003 though the
option
is not available to me. The box you're supposed to check for "Recently
used
file list:" is grayed out as is the box you'd use to adjust the number of
entries. I'm presuming that somewhere there is some bit of configuration
that has grayed out this option. I don't know where though. I just
installed Office 2003 out of the box with whatever defaults it chose to
make.

Bill
-------------------------------------

"Michael" wrote in message
...
Hi Bill. Have you tried going to Tools - Options - General Tab and
changing
the number of most recently used files from 4 to 10?
--
Sincerely, Michael Colvin


"Bill Martin" wrote:

Finally I broke down and upgraded to Excel 2003 from Excel97. Various
small
differences exist that I'm trying to come to terms with.
Specifically,
in
'97 when I clicked on "File", the bottom of the menu would have the
last
10
files that I had used where I could click one to open it again.

Does 2003 have this feature buried in it's configuration somewhere?
It
seems that I have to click FileOpen and mouse through all my files to
get
to the one that I want. I don't see the configuration control for
this
where it was with '97.

Also, how does one get to the simple Excel Help file now? When I
click
on
it and enter a search term it gives me a zillion things from the web
which I
didn't ask for - what I asked for was the local Excel Help file. I'd
like
to start there with problems before doing a wider search of the
Microsoft's
web site for more esoteric links.

Thanks.

Bill




--

Dave Peterson